[DUG] Lazarus

[Rohit Gupta]

Does anyone know how compatible Lazarus is with Delphi.  Not that I have 
retired, it is expensive.  Although I was going to pay for one more 
subscription.  But I am dealing with a pack of clowns. The IDE was 
saying that the sub was expiring.  I thought that I had pre-paid for 3 
or 5 years.  So, I got Embarcadero to confirm it.  They said that it was 
due for renewal.  They passed it to Code Partners.  That person 
confirmed it was due and passed it to another.  She insists that it is 
not due and was going to chase it up.  Weeks later she insists that I 
was supposed to chase it up. Back to the first person at Code Partners.  
She was going to sort it out, she hasnt come back.  Back to Embarcadero, 
and no reply. So a month later, my subscription has expired.


It's taken way too much time already.  I can't be bothered.

Regards

*Rohit Gupta*
B.E. Elec., M.E., Mem IEEE, Member IET

On 4/07/2022 14:32, Jan Bakuwel wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> ...snip...
>> So to make progress we had to make a move.
>> Which has proven great as the Lazarus project has grown and matured,
>> and Delphi licenses remained static in nature, so the time has been
>> well invested moving, at the time it was sad to be leaving Delphi
>> though having signed up in Borland's day.
> I too have used Delphi since version 2 but the business model (of
> perpetual upgrades of *everything*) is not sustainable / financially
> feasible for my company.
>
> I think it's indeed well worth investing in alternatives, such as Lazarus.
>
>> You sometimes have to research more, and do more homework in Lazarus,
>> but the time is well spent and you obtain a better scope and knowledge
>> of what is achievable.
>> And if you make full Forum postings—others benefit too.
> The open source community has proven to be superior where it comes to
> bug fixes... I recall spending many many days finding workarounds for
> bugs in RTL for the MacOS target and fixes were never released (for the
> version of Delphi I got "stuck" with).
>
> My two cents.
>
> Jan
>
>
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